Bed-guard.



L. L. HAAS.

BED GUARD.

APPLICATION FILL'D AUG.9. 1918.

LQ95A3 Patented Feb. 1919.

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L. L. HAAS.

BED GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9, I918.

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BED-GUARD.

guard for bedsteads adapted to fence in one or more of the sides of anordinary bedstead so as to prevent a child from rolling out the same. I

The object of the invention is to provid a simple and durable bed guardwhich can be fitted to the horizontal rails of difierent types ofstandard bedsteads without. marring the same, which can be'readilyremoved or applied when desired by one person and compactly folded whennot in use, and which can be con-structed at comparatively low cost.

-In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of abedstead fitted with the preferred form of my bed guard. Fig. 2 is afragmentary side elevation of the clamping devices looking outward fromthe inside of the bedstead. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectiontaken on line 3-3, Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are vertical sections similarto Fig. 3 showing the lower clamping members secured to difi'erent kindsof bedstead rail. Fig. 6 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 2 showing amodified form of lower clamping member adapted to the particular form ofbedstead side-bars shown. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section takenon corresponding lines of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an inside elevation ofanother form of clamping device embodying my invention. Fig. 9 is afragmentary vertical section of the same taken in line 9-9, Fig. 8. 4

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

A bedstead guard constructed in accordance with my invention may beapplied to either'one or both sides of a bed so as to -prevent a childor person from rolling or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1919.

Application filed August 9, 1918. Serial No. 249,115.

In its general organization my improved bed guard comprises an uprightwall which 1s adapted to be arranged lengthwise adjacent to one edge ofthe mattress and which 1s preferably extensible to suit, difi'erentlengths of beds, two upright standards supporting opposite ends of'thewall, and two clamps each of which is. mounted on the lower end of onestandard and provided with upper and lower jaws forming a pair I adaptedto grasp the upper and lower parts of the bedstead rail for detachablymounting the respective standard thereon.

The wall of the bed guard is preferably constructed of a plurality ofpairs of links or levers 4, the members of each pair crossing each otherand pivotally connected by pins 5 or the like and the extremities ofeach pair of links being pivotally connected with the extremities ofadjacent links-by. ail-pin 6 so that the wall as a whole may belengthened or shortened in the manner of a lazytongs for adapting thewall to the particular bedstead intended to receive the same.

At its opposite ends the wall is mounted on the upper parts of twostandards 7, preferably of fiat metal, each of which has the upperextremity of one link of one endmost pair pivoted thereto by a pin 8while the lower extremity of the companion link is slidingly connectedwith the respective standard by providing the latter'on its central partwith a vertical slot 9 in which a pin 10 on the lower end of the lastmentioned link slides. By this means the wall will be folded or unfoldedmore or less to suit the length of a particular bed upon moving the twostandards toward or from each other.

Means are provided for detachably mounting the standards on the rail ofa bedstead which means are preferably constructed in the form of clampsone. of which is arranged on the lower end of each standard. This clampmay be variously constructed but that shown in Figs. 1-5 is preferredand constructed as follows:

11 indicates a vertically disposed bracket or intermediate bar or shank,preferably of fiat iron, which has its upper part off-set outwardly fromthe lower part so that upon connecting the upper and lower parts of thisbracket with the respective standard and the bedstead rail the wallsupported by the standard will amply clear the mattress.

The upper part of this bracket is secured to the inner side of the lowerpart of the companion standard so that these members are capable ofvertical adjustment relatively to each other, this being preferablyaccomplished by means of two clamping bolts 12 assing through uprightslots 13, 13 in the bracket and an upright slot 14 in the lower part ofthe respective standard and bearing with their heads and nuts againstthe bracket and standard respectively, asshown in Figs. 2 and'3.

Secured to the lower part of this bracket and on the inner side thereofis a lower clamping jaw 15 provided with an upright shank 16 whichengages with the inner side of the bracket and is secured thereto so asto be capable of vertical adjustment thereon by means of a clamping bolt17 passing through an opening in said shank and a vertical slot 18 inthe lower inwardly off-set part of the bracket. The clamping jaw 15 isprovided at its lower end with a plurality of hooks or bearing faces,preferably three in number, each face being adapted to engage the lowerpart of a different form of bedstead rail. 7

The several hooks or bearing or gripping faces 19, 20 and 21 of thelower jaw are arranged in a transverse row, the outermost hook 19 beingarranged next to the shank 16 and adapted to receive the lower edge ofthe depending flange 22 of a bedstead rail having the form of an angleiron, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the intermediate hook 20 being adaptedto receive the lower edge of a wooden bedstead rail 23, as shown in Fig.4, and the inner hook 21 being adapted to receive the inner edge of thelower inwardly projecting flange 24 of channel-iron bedstead rail, asshown in Fig. 5.

Above the lower clamping jaw 15 is an upper clamping jaw which isprovided at its inner end with a downwardly projecting clencher hook 25adapted to engage the inner edge of the upper flange of a metal bedsteadrail, as shown at 26 in Fig. 3 and 27, in Fig. 5, and with a dependinnose 28 on said hook adapted to engage witi the inner side of a woodenbedstead rail, as shown in Fig. 4.v The upper clamping jaw is movedpositively outwardly so as to lock the clamp to the bedstead rail, thisbeing preferably accomplished, as shown, by providing said upper jaw.with an outwardly extendino horizontal clamping rod 29 which passesthrough a horizontal rod-,hole 30 in the upper part of the bracket andalso through the lower slot 14 of the respective standard if the latterhappens to have been slipped down on the bracket below said rod-hole 30as in the position shown in the drawings. By screwing down the nut 60 ofthe clamping rod, the

upper clamping jaw is moved outwardly relative to the bracket, thussecuring this jaw to the bed rail. It will be apparent that byconstructing the upper and lower jaws of the clamps so that they arecapable of grasping a variety of shapes of bedstead rails 1t is possibleto adapt the guard to a variety of beds without necessitating differentforms of clamps for this purpose.

Figs. 6 and 7 show a modified form of the clamping device in which theupper jaw 31 consists of a horizontal plate fastened permanentl to theupper side of the bend of the bracket and extends inwardly beyond therear side of the bracket, thus being adapted to engage the upper face ofthe bedstead rail. The lower clamping jaw 32 in this modifiedconstruction consists of a vertical lever-plate fulcrumed at its lowerend on the inner face of the bracket by means of a lug which is integralwith said lever-plate and bears against said bracket.

The upper end of this jaw is adapted to bear against the inner surfaceof the bedstead rail and midway of its height the jaw is provided withan outwardy projecting tension bolt 34 that passes through an aperture35 in the bracket and is provided on its outer end with a handle nut 36so that the upper end of said jaw can positively be moved outwardly. Acompression spring 37 is preferably interposed between said lower jaw 32and bracket which tends to separate this jaw and the bracket and thusfacilitate the removal of the clamp from the bed rail.

Still another form of clamping device embodying my invention is shown inFigs. 8 and 9 in which the upper clamping jaw 38 has a horizontal leg orshank 39 that extends inwardly from the jaw and has its outer end turnedsharply upward to form a foot 40 which is secured to the bracket bymeans of a screw 41. The leg 39 has its inner end turned downwardly andoutwardly to form the hook-shaped clenching jaw 38 adapted to fit theupper inner corner of the bedstead rail.

For the purpose of adjustab-ilit a number of fiat shims 42 are interposebetween the foot 40 and the bracket, the shims being held in place bythe screw 41. The lower jaw'43 is constructed in the form of an upwardlyopening hook and has a shank 44 which slides vertically onthe rear sideof the lower part of the bracket by means of two guide screws 45 securedto this shank and passing through a vertical slot 46 in the bracket, theheads of said screws slidingly engaging the outer surface of saidbracket. The lower end of the bracket is turned inwardly to form a'lug47, that is provided with a vertical hole 48 adapted to receive ashifting rod 49 the upper end of which is secured to the jaw 43 whileits lower end is provided with a finger piece or handle 50. The lowerjaw 43 is yieldingly held in engagement with the lower edge of abedstead rail by means of a spring 51 surrounding the shifting rod andbearing at its upper and lower ends against the jaw 43 and the lug 47 ofthe bracket. Upon drawing the lower jaw downwardly by means of the rod49 sufiiciently to disengage the same from the bedstead rail the clampmay be readily detatched from the bed together with the Wall or otherparts associated therewith.

This bed guard is comparatively simple and inexpensive in construction,neat in appearance and can be quickly and easily applied to and removedfrom a bedstead with out the use of any special tools for this purpose.

I claim as my invention:

A bed guard comprising an extensible wall composed of a plurality ofpivotally connected lazy-tong links, two standards each of which ispivotally connected at its upper end with one member of an endmost pairof said links and provided with a vertical slot in which the othermember of said last mentioned pair slides and also provided at its lowerend with a vertical slot, brackets each having its upper part ofl'--setoutwardly from its lower part and engaging with the inner side of one ofsaid standards and having its upper and lower parts provided withvertical slots and its upper part also provided with an opening,clamping bolts passing through the slots in the upper part of each.bracket and the lower part of the companion standard, an upper clampingaw adapted to engage with the upper part of a bedstead rail, a clampingbolt connected with said upper jaw and passing through said opening ofthe bracket and through the lower slot of the respective standard alower clamping jaw adapted to engage with the lower part of a bedsteadrail, and a clamping bolt passing through said lower jaw and the lowerslot of said bracket.

'LUGIAN L. HAAS.

